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Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes

Taxonomy
Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus was named by Wen et al. (2013). Its type specimen is LPV-12748, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Dawazi, Luoping County (Chengdu Institute LPI/LPV coll), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China. It is the type species of Yunnancoelacanthus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus Wen et al. p. 184 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
genusYunnancoelacanthus
speciesacrotuberculatus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Yunnan) Yunnancoelacanthus acrotuberculatus (type locality: 169408)